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November 15, 2005
Alito admits he lied
... which is more than W can do, after all:
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alitolied his ass offdistanced himself Tuesday from his 1985 comments that there was no constitutional right to abortion, telling a senator in private that he had been "an advocate seeking a job."Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., an abortion rights supporter and the only woman on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said she asked the conservative judge about a document released Monday showing Alito in 1985 telling the Reagan administration he was particularly proud to help argue that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."
"He said first of all it was different then," she said. "He said, 'I was an advocate seeking a job, it was a political job and that was 1985. I'm now a judge, I've been on the circuit court for 15 years and it's very different. I'm not an advocate, I don't give heed to my personal views, what I do is interpret the law.'"
Guess what, Sam? You're seeking a job NOW. A political job.
If you lied then, how are we supposed to tell if you're speaking the truth now?
Posted by Perry Dorrell at November 15, 2005 12:21 PM | Permalink
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